empower
[verb]
Synonyms: enable, allow, authorize, commission, delegate, entitle, license, permit, qualify, sanction, warrant

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Contrasted words: debar, disallow, disbar, exclude, rule out, shut out
Related Words: endow, invest, authorize, charge, commission, entitle, entrust, license, privilege, sanction

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

em‧pow‧er /ɪmˈpaʊə $ -ˈpaʊr/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: power, superpower, powerlessness, empowerment; adjective: powerful ≠ powerless, overpowering, power, powered; verb: power, empower, overpower; adverb: powerfully ≠ powerlessly, overpoweringly]

1. to give someone more control over their own life or situation:
The Voting Rights Act was needed to empower minority groups.

2. formal to give a person or organization the legal right to do something
be empowered to do something
The President is empowered to appoint judges to the Supreme Court.
—empowerment noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲